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Applied Soft Computing

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1971

ISSN1568-4946eISSN1872-9681

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.456

H-Indexi

233

SNIPi

1.971

Total Worksi

13,734

Total Citationsi

517,312

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Applied Soft Computing is an international journal that promotes an integrated view of soft computing to solve real-life problems. Its scope covers soft computing and related techniques, interactions between several soft computing techniques, and their industrial applications, including Ant Colony, Chaos Theory, Evolutionary Computing, Fuzzy Computing, and Hybrid Methods.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 1,351 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications13,734

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1568-4946 / 1872-9681

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

742

42k

2019

902

50k

2020

1.1k

41k

2021

902

26k

2022

1.1k

28k

2023

1.3k

19k

2024

1.7k

8.1k

2025

1.6k

722

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

SoftwareQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Scopus Categories

Software

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization AlgorithmsMulti-Criteria Decision MakingEvolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsNeural Networks and ApplicationsFuzzy Logic and Control SystemsRough Sets and Fuzzy LogicFace and Expression RecognitionScheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsEnergy Load and Power Forecasting

Frequently asked questions about Applied Soft Computing

Is Applied Soft Computing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Soft Computing: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Applied Soft Computing?

Applied Soft Computing is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.57.

Is Applied Soft Computing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Soft Computing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.